Butter mold



April 9, 1929. J. R. ELLIOTT BUTTER MOLD Filed April 30, 1927 grra /vfk'Patented Apr. 9, 1929 UNITED STATES JAMES R. ELLIOTT, OF GLENDALE,CALIFORNIA.

BUTTER MOLD.

Application filed April 30, 1927. Serial No. 187,807.

This invention relates to improvements in butter molds or the like andhas for one of its principal objects the provision of means for moldingbutter, oleomargarine,

and similar products in convenient shape for further use.

One of the principal ob'ects of this invention is to provide in a moldfor butter, oleomargarine, and like material, means for a... shaping amass of this material into regular shape, preferably comprisingrectangular parallelopipedons.

Still another and further important object of this invention is toprovide a convenient and ready apparatus for re-molding is the naturalresult oleomargarine after coloring matter has been worked thereintobythe housewife, thereby eliminating the necessity of using on the tablethe rather unsightly mass which of the introduction by hand of coloringmatter into this product.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures in the accompanying drawings and followingspecification.

The invention, in a preferred form, is illus-.

trated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved butter mold of thisinvention, illustrating the various parts thereof.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the mold bottom showing the retaining edges.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the removable side walls of the mold.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the central divider.

As shown in the drawings:

The reference numeral 10 indicates generally the body of the improvedbutter mold of this invention, this body comprising merely four sidewalls, as sliown, with neither a top nor a bottom. The side walls arepreferably made of a continuous sheet of thin metal bent intorectangular shape and joined at one corner by means of an overlap 11, orin any other convenient manner, so as to be readily sprung apart.

At one end of the bottom member 13, is an outwardly extendingprojection, as shown at 12, this extension preferably forming anintegral ortion of the bottom and being semlcircu ar, as shown inFigures 1 and 2, to provide a fingerhold for maintaining the mold in itsdesired position on a table top, biscuit board, or similar flat surface,for convenient operation.

Adapted to be inserted into the open frame 0r body 10, is a divider, orthe like, comprising one sheet 16 of thin metal or similar material,adapted to fit into grooves 18 formed in the ends of the body as, bestshown in Figures 1 and 3. This divider is readily removable from themold frame 10, and integral ridges 14 extend around three sides o f thebottom 13 to hold the body in positlon.

In operation, a pound or similar unit of oleomargarine, after beingcolored by the housewife, is pressedinto the body 10, when the section16 is therein, the body itself being positioned upon and in the bottom13 with its upturned edges 14.

The mold is preferably of such a size as to hold approximately one poundof material when the two sections are filled. After the same is filled,the inner sections may be taken apart in an obvious manner, theprojecting extensions 12 facilitating the convenient handling of themold with the oleomargarine or butter enclosed therein. The two sectionsof butter or oleomargarine can then be readily removed from the divider16 or from the inner walls of the mold if they happen to adhere thereto,by springing the walls a art.

It Will be seen that herein is provided a means of conveniently andreadily re-shaping any plastic material, such as butter or the like,into advantageous and convenient shape for ready handling and for tableuse.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details ofconstruction varied throughout a wide range without departing from theprinciples of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limitingthe patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the priorart.

I claim as my invention:

In a butter mold, a metal base plate, up-

turned portions integral with the base plate comprising the edges of thesame, a rectangular metal frame, open at the top and bottom, and adaptedto be sprung apart at one corner thereof, a vertically positioned 5crimp provided in each end of the frame, a divider section removablymounted in the crimped portions in the ends of the frame,

the frame adapted to be mounted and retained normally closed upon thebase plate by the upturned portions of the said base plate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature;

JAMES R. ELLIOTT.

